Table 1.

Criteria for Biobrane exclusion

Criteria	Number (n = 527)	%
Did not see patient for >2 d at burn	116	22
Anatomical: face/ear/foot/fingers/perineum	82	15.6
Third-degree burn	67	12.7
<1% burn	59	11.2
Silvadene already initiated	46	8.7
Not a burn wound	42	8.0
Blisters intact	41	7.8
First-degree burn	17	3.2
Breakdown (scar)	16	3.0
Unknown	15	2.8
Healed burn	6	1.1
BGC used	5	0.95
Scattered burn	5	0.95
Ingestion	4	0.80
Chemical burn	4	0.80
Inhalation only	1	0.20
Electrical burn	1	0.20